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wagling

wagling noun: a petty wag or joker.

Noun

wagling (plural waglings)

  1. (archaic) A petty wag or joker.
    • Good-natured wags in number full a score, / And Trojan waglings half as many more, / All met, the bread of liberty to munch, / And eke to guzzle her inspiring punch; […]1813, James H. Price, Miscellany: In Verse and Prose, page 71
    • Waglings and punsters — a vile race, / Who grin and jeer in any case!1838, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 404

Forms of wagling

pluralwaglings

Origin of wagling

From wag + -ling.

Questions about wagling

What does wagling mean?
Wagling means a petty wag or joker.
What part of speech is wagling?
Wagling is a noun.
What is the plural of wagling?
The plural of wagling is waglings.

Words near wagling in the dictionary

  1. waglerins
  2. Waglers
  3. Wagles
  4. Wagley
  5. Wagleys
  6. wagling
  7. waglings
  8. Wagman
  9. Wagmans
  10. wagmi
  11. wagmib

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